Roswell Park Cancer Institute to Participate in WNY Health Expo

BUFFALO, NY — Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) invites the community to the 2012 Western New York Health Expo Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Fairgrounds Event Center, Hamburg, NY, from 10am to 3pm. RPCI staff will share information on cancer prevention, risk factors, early detection, treatment and survivorship.

For anyone concerned about personal cancer risk, RPCI representatives will be on hand to help attendees complete initial risk assessments for the RPCI high-risk programs in breast, lung and ovarian cancer.

The expo will also feature a “Spit for the Cure” DNA collection drive. Staff from RPCI’s Data Bank and BioRepository (DBBR) will collect saliva samples from participants 18 and older, who will be asked to complete a health history questionnaire. The DBBR stores health information and specimen data from people with and without cancer, providing researchers with data that may help identify risk factors and reveal why some people develop cancer and others do not.

Visitors who stop by both RPCI-sponsored booths can enter to win prizes, including an autographed Buffalo Bills jersey.

The mission of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is to understand, prevent and cure cancer. RPCI, founded in 1898, was one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and remains the only facility with this designation in Upstate New York. The Institute is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers; maintains affiliate sites; and is a partner in national and international collaborative programs. For more information, visit RPCI’s website at https://www.roswellpark.org/, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or email askrpci@roswellpark.org.